Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-24
WHAT ROYALTY COSTS.

WHAT ROYALTY COSTS.
The Salaries Of the Leading 1Eenarchs Of
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The question is asked by others than the
ignorant negro who propounded it to
Huckleberry Finn, as the two float on q
raft, down the Mississippi river. Twill
try to answer it, translating the amounts
of the allowances Of the chief sovereigns
of Europe into American dollars, giving
the result in round numbers and gem
orally less than the actual amount re-
ceived. It will be seen that royalty is
an expensive luxury, and that the $780,
900 we give our president is a bagatelle
beside it.
The Emperor OF Russia has an in
come of between 81, 600, 900 and $8, 000,-
900 year, derived chiefly from i'm
mense estates belonging to the crown,
and besides this he 1evies heavy tax
on the peasants to support his rela-
tives Of the imperial family. The
Sultan of Turkey, with q bankrupt
country, is allowed five and one-half
millions annually. He has in addi-
ton private treasury and inherit
ances OF great value. He pays, how
ever, all the expenses Of the court
himself. In Austria the mobiles are
wealthy, and the court expenses of
the Emperor are very small. Still he
is allowed civil list of about So, OOO,-
600, has 100000 set aside for his pri-
vate expense account, and about $780,
600 for unforeseen expenses. Kaiser
Wilhelm has no allowance for person
al expense account, as Emperor of Ger
many, and his income as King of Prus-
STA comes chiefly from the estates of the
crown. He gets, nevertheless, 81 ,000,-
900 year and his house rent costs him
nothing. The Crown Prince of Ger
many has small allowance. It is said
to not exceed $75 900, but his fnther
gives him two palaces rent free, and he
has the right to charge certain num-
Der of dinners every year to the old
man.
King Humbert, of Italy, is only forty
one years old, and he enjoys the So, 900,
600 which makes up his annual allow
ance. He has twenty palaces scattered
all over Italy, and when he travels over
his dominions he always sleeps under
his own roof. King Leopold, of Bel
GUM, has about 100000 more SUBJ
jects under him than there are people in
the State of New York. His kingdom
is the most thickly populated in Europe,
and it has debt of about $500 to each
man, woman and child in it, but this
does not cause Leopold to economic.
lie takes 100000 year from his
people, for his private expenses, and
they give an additional annuity of $780,
600 to his brother.
Spain, poor as she is, pays between
one and two million dollars annually for
the expenses OF royalty. Portugal al
lows about $500, 900, and Dom Pedro of
Brazil, has an allowance of about $780,
900, while his civil list foots up over
100000. In addition to this Dom
Pedro's wife gets $50, 900 year for pin
money. Switzerland is the most eco
nomica1 government in the world. It's
total expenses are only about S., 10000
year, and it gives much smaller sal
aries to it's officers than the United
States. The royal family of England
costs that country more than 3d.
100000 yearly, and this does not
include the private income of
the queen and the Prince of Wales
from the immense estate under their
control. Victoria herself is allowed
9385, 600 annually, and she can do as
she pleases with at least 100000 of
this. This allowance of more than
81 ,900,0 900 is outside of the SUM devo-
ted to the expenses of the royal house
hold, consisting of about 1. 900 persons,
receiving salaries from SIC, 900 a year,
as in the case of the Lord Chamberlain,
down to the royal rat catcher, who gets
less than $75 year. The walters at
the dinner table Of the Queen get $4,000
year. The chief steward gets $40, 900
year, and poor Tennyson, the poet
laureate, receives less than $500 an
nually.
This 100000 which the Queen re-
ceives she has, it is said, saved very re-
ligiously every year, and it has been
carefully invested. In England you
will hear a great deal Of grumbling
about her economy and stinginess.
She is always willing to say good things,
to go to charitable affairs and dispense
cheap honors, but when it comes to
giving out money her mouth is closed
as are also her purse strings. She nev-
err pays anything for travelling on the
railroads. The companies furnish her
with passes. She has no right to pay,
and she receives lots of presents. She
has also the revenues Of the Duchy of
Lancaster amounting to more than
100000 every year, the estate of o.
borne, which has lately grown in value,
and the revenues of Claremont, and es-
tate worth considerable over $50O,O00
The Prince of Wales receives nearly
5000 900 year out of the British Treas
ury in addition to his income from the
Duchy of Cornwall, worth about $780,
900 more. The Princess of Wales re-
ceives an annuity OF nearly $50, 900, the
Duke of Edinburgh nearly 500, 900,
and the Dukes of Connaught and Albany
the same. The Duchess of Cambridge
gets about $50, 900 per year, the Duke
Of Cambridge about $50, 600, and the
other members of the royal family sums
ranging from little over $14,0 900 to
about $50, 900. So you see that royalty
will materially increase the taxes Of the
United States if in the far future it
should ever come upon us.
The aggregate national debt of Eu-
rope is seventy billion francs, or in
round numbers between nine and ten
billion dollars. Its interest amounts
annually to nearly six millions of dol
lars, and the payment of this consumes
more than oqe-fourth OF the Cover.
ment revenues. OF this debt more than
two-thirds is owed by the Netherlands,
Great Britain, France and Austria, and
of all the European governments Swift
zerland is the only one that is without
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